Civil engineer-turned-pastry chef Ranjitha Yogananda, a.k.a Thee Flour Girl, paved her journey from construction rubble to the baker’s table one dough at a time. The founder and chef de cuisine of TFG Café often fancied donning the chef’s hat and dishing out delectable delights in her own little café. The force stop that the Covid years brought about gave Ranjitha a nudge to try her hand at making desserts and baking.

By the time the pandemic receded, Ranjitha knew her heart's desire. She completed a course in baking from Lavonne Academy of Baking Science and Pastry Arts, Bengaluru and started taking pre-orders, working out of a small room on the terrace of a friend’s house. WhatsApp and word of mouth were her only marketing tools.

The aromas of finely crafted food travel far and Ranjitha's berliners - German doughnuts with jam filling and vanilla icing - worked like magic. Soon, ‘foodfluencers’ started lining up her modest set up in a quaint Bengaluru bylane to zoom into her art and craft. What followed was a stream of orders. And so blossomed Thee Flour Girl, with its first outlet opening at JP Nagar in January 2023.

Ranjitha's creations are a pursuit in awakening the palate to a feast of flavours. Be it the Mixed Berry Cheesecake or the Tiramisu in the form of Petit gâteau, her experimental take on food is what pulls in the discerning connoisseurs of fine taste.